It's hard to believe Hannie and I are starting to celebrate our "2nd" year of milestones together, but it's true. February 9th was officially our Meetcha Day! It's been over a year since Elizabeth and I arrived in Kazakhstan and took that snowy overnight train ride through the countryside from Almaty to Shymkent. Over a year since I wrote on Facebook "The Daughter Who Was Born In My Heart Is Now In My Arms." Now, one year later as I write this post, I still feel so humbled and blessed every day to have her in my life. The tiny, quiet six month old with an engaging spirit who could barely sit up, is now a bona fide daredevil, running around the house, jumping on the bed, getting into anything and everything she can! Hannah, is, without a doubt, right where she belongs. If it is not a testament to God's grace, I don't know what is! Thank you all of those who supported us on our way to our "happily ever after" and thank you most to Hannah's birthmom, the brave, selfless woman who chose LIFE and in doing so gave me my most precious gift.
On We Grow....
We had our second Valentine's Day together and spent it with friends at a Valentine Tea benefit fundraiser for Children's Hospital. It was a wonderful event! The kid-friendly lunch buffet was delicious (my child LOST HER MIND at the Hot Chocolate Depot and Sundae Station), and Hannie enjoyed being in her first Fashion Show! She was a little too young for the Glam Station (where you could get your hair and nails done), but she LOVED the Sweet Shoppe, where you could fill a Valentine box with literally every kind of candy and sweet imaginable. I even won a Gucci watch in the raffle! So yes, a fabulous time was had by all. In other news, she is no longer receiving any services from Early Intervention, as she is all caught up with her gross motor skills. With that out of the way, we have plenty of time for new activities, and this week Hannie attended her first toddler art class (Young At Art) at the Museum Center and really got into it. She loves crafts!
Because I don't have enough on my plate, I volunteered to chair a committee for the Passport To Forever event, an annual dinner, auction and children’s fashion show benefiting The International Adoption Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. It will be a lot of work, but it's all good. Sleep is over rated.
A year has come and gone! It's funny to think Hannah has now lived HERE longer than she lived THERE. All the paper chases, the teleconferences, the waiting, the travel and baby preparation is behind us. It's been quite a year, and experience I never want to forget...well...maybe I could forget the paperwork!
Off to bigger and better adventures! XOXO Erin and Hannie
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6 comments:
Happy Anniversary! My how time flies... and Hannie just gets cuter by the day!
Wow, what milestones! A year together, done with EI, new activities...it feels like life has moved on now!
Congratulations on year number two and hopefully it will be even more wonderful then year two!
Congratulations! You must be so proud as you look back and think of all the things Hannah has accomplished. And you too! Being a new, single mom is tough!! Ty and I just celebrated his 6 months home anniversary and it's been a whirlwind! So hats of to both of you!
It IS humbling, inspiring and amazing to be chosen as Mamas for these incredible babes!
Congratulations on the past year and the one of many yet to come!
AND good luck on chairing the fundraising event; I can't imagine them in any better hands and you will rock it out for certain!!!!
XOXO
Yay for Miss H. on graduating too! :)
Congrats to both of you. That first year together is so special! You are so right about adoption being a testimony to God's grace--I don't know how anyone could do this and not believe that.
Hannie is amazing and so is her mother.
Wow, it's hard to believe it's been a year. It seems like you and Hannie have always just been there, you know?
Happy anniversary, and Grow On!
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